Chapter 23: Brother Zheng: Can't farm the grassland??? (Today is still asking for the moon
Last autumn, Chu State perished, and last winter, Qi State surrendered. This spring, the world was unified, Ying Zheng was honored as the First Emperor, and historians recorded this year as the first year of the First Emperor!
In the summer of the first year of the year, Great Qin sent 200,000 troops to sweep across the grasslands. No matter how big or small tribes they passed, no one was spared. Either surrender and become one of Great Qin's own people, or die. There was no third way!
The grassland is vast and boundless, at least ten thousand miles from north to south, and at least twenty thousand miles from east to west. Sprinkling two hundred thousand cavalry into such a vast grassland is like throwing a sesame seed into a pot of porridge. People with poor eyesight will not be able to find where this sesame seed is.
where.
Without a map or a guide, even if the 200,000 soldiers were far more powerful than Dong Hu, they might still be lost because of their loss.
Fortunately, Great Qin opened the trap and had enough intelligence information. There were more than a thousand Suzakus in the sky, patrolling all day long, and the area hundreds of miles around where the army was located was clearly detected.
Maybe dozens of people can use the terrain to hide, but hundreds of people or more will never escape Suzaku's eyes and will eventually be eaten by the army.
In the autumn of the first year of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty dispatched 600,000 militiamen to build roads across the entire south of the country. They did not rush to attack Baiyue, nor did they immediately run into the southern rain forests. Instead, they continued to practice their skills in building roads with tower bridges.
At the same time, a large number of spies went to the southern rainforest with the equipment provided by the imperial court. Each of them learned the cartography technology. When they return, Da Qin will have a large number of more detailed maps.
map.
In the winter of the first year, 200,000 soldiers returned. There were no tribes with more than a thousand people on the grassland. More than one million people were captured in this battle. Countless years of accumulation on the grassland, more than 90% of the population, and more than 90% of the cattle.
The sheep were all captured by Qin.
The grassland of Nuo Da suddenly emptied out. The total population in such a large area of 10,000 miles from north to south and 20,000 miles from east to west was only 300,000 or 400,000. More than 90% of them were herdsmen from Great Qin. They had surrendered to Great Qin and were responsible for
Grazing in designated pastures.
In the spring of the second year of the First Emperor's reign, 600,000 militiamen were finally dispatched.
In this spring-filled era, Ying Zheng finally set out. He took an army of thirty thousand and began a nationwide tour. He wanted to personally see his country, his world, and his people.
In summer, he came to the grassland.
While basking in the sun, Ying Zheng didn't care about his image. He squatted on the ground and started playing in the mud.
He carefully pulled up a piece of grass. The grass was still green underneath and felt full of vitality, but the top looked a little withered.
I opened my mouth and chewed it twice. It was a little sweet, but it was very light, not overly sweet, and a little bitter. Compared with the weeds in the Central Plains, the weeds on the grasslands were obviously more unpalatable.
After breaking up the mud and kneading it, Ying Zheng looked at Li Si aside: "How's it going?"
"Elder Gushen led people to conduct personal inspections. He said that the grassland is not suitable for farming. There is too little water here and the water content is insufficient. If the land is forced to be cultivated, it will take up to two years, and the land will be abandoned, begin to desertify, and eventually turn into
desert."
"He speculated that the large deserts in the grassland may be the result of uncontrolled farming in the past. The ancestors of the grassland must have also tried farming, and those deserts are the result of their attempts."
The plains can be planted every year with fertilization. If this is not possible, they can be left fallow, or soybeans can be planted for one season to alleviate the phenomenon of depletion of land fertility.
But the same cannot be said for grasslands. Once the water content here drops to a certain level, it will directly turn into a desert. It will be extremely difficult to change back!
This is the difference between farming and nomadism. The key lies in rainfall.
Why has the grassland been harassing the Central Plains for two thousand years in history, but has not been completely eliminated? It is not that the Central Plains is merciful, but that the grassland cannot be cultivated!
When rainfall is sufficient and the grasslands turn into plains, the nomads will naturally become able to sing and dance!
When the Gatling Bodhisattva and the Nuclear Buddha are born, the grassland people will also put down their knives and become able to sing, dance, and be hospitable!
But why do I want them to be hospitable and enthusiastic? What I want is grassland that can also be cultivated!
"You really can't farm?" Ying Zheng said calmly.
"No, Elder Gushen said that unless there are torrential rains for decades, which changes the grassland environment on a large scale and turns the grassland into a plain, farming cannot be done!" Li Si lowered his head and said.
Today's Ying Zheng, even though he is usually very kind to senior officials like them, is becoming more powerful every day. Many times, Li Si has the illusion that he is being suppressed and out of breath.
"Well, it's not impossible." Ying Zheng said seriously.
Suddenly, he waved his hand and used the authority of the Lord of the World to use the vitality of heaven and earth in the sky, which turned into a heavy rain.
The originally sunny day suddenly started to rain. The sun was still high in the sky, but the heavy rain showed no sign of stopping. This was solar rain!
Ying Zheng had no intention of going back to the tent. After a quarter of an hour, the rain stopped. The first experiment ended here, and the consumption was average.
He raised his right foot and lightly stepped on the ground beneath his feet. A large amount of heaven and earth energy gathered, and the original grassland turned into a plain.
After silently recording the spiritual energy consumption, Ying Zheng began the third experiment.
In the high altitude of the Northland, a strong wind suddenly blew. Under the influence of the strong wind, white clouds and a large amount of water vapor set off from the Northland and headed towards the grassland.
This wind blew for a day, and a day later a large amount of water vapor from the north accumulated into clouds, which turned into rain and fell from the sky.
The next day, looking at the heavy rain outside the tent, Ying Zheng blinked and began to do mental arithmetic.
The first method is to use the vitality of heaven and earth to evolve rain. Considering my current authority, it is not difficult, and the world's backlash is almost non-existent. The disadvantage is that it consumes the vitality of heaven and earth, and it takes effect relatively late.
It may take years or even decades to transform grasslands into plains. The consumption of each rainfall may not be large, but accumulated over decades, it is certainly not a small amount.
The second method is to directly use the energy of heaven and earth to change the nature of the land and turn grasslands into plains on a large scale. This spell is also very simple, but it consumes the most spiritual energy of heaven and earth, much more than the first method.
But the advantage is also obvious, that is, it is fast, very fast. As long as Ying Zheng is willing, the vitality of heaven and earth can be supplied, and all the grasslands of Nuoda can be turned into plains overnight.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng shook his head, no need!
The south has not been fully developed yet. When the south is fully developed, when the population continues to increase and even the south can accommodate a large population, it will be at least forty years, or even sixty or eighty years later.
As for the third method, the consumption is the least. If the consumption of directly changing the terrain on a large scale and turning the grassland into a plain is one hundred, then the consumption of evolving the vitality into rainwater and spending decades to slowly improve the grassland terrain is
ten.
The evolution of strong winds will only cost one to blow all the water vapor from the north. But this will obviously affect the north itself. Will it cause drought? Will the water vapor from the south be blown to the north?
Woolen cloth?
Then, in this way, the rainforest climate in the south will naturally be alleviated. With less water vapor, there will be less rainfall, and the climate will definitely change.
"Send the order and ask Mr. Han Feizi to organize people to deduce the weather changes between heaven and earth, especially the issue of rain. Transferring water vapor from the south to the north on a large scale, and then transferring the water vapor from the north to the grassland, will bring consequences to the world.
What impact? What are the good aspects? What are the bad aspects?”
"This project is of a higher level. Those who participate in this project can read the geographical content of the physical world for free, and can read the advanced mathematics and analytic geometry of the material world for free... In short, any books needed can be provided for free. You must calculate it clearly.